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ONE OF THE FIRST AIRSHIPS OVER BRUSSELS<\/strong><\/p>\n

“L’A\u00e9roscaphe a vapeur et a h\u00e9lice, La Belgique, de la force nominale de 10 chevaux<\/em><\/strong>” [the A\u00e9roscaphe with steam and propeller \u201cLa Belgique\u201d, with a nominal power of 10 horses] Lithograph made by J.B. Stevens<\/strong> around 1860<\/strong>. Coloured by a later hand. Size. (incl. text): approx. 31 x 41 cm.<\/p>\n

The first airships emerged in the mid-19th century from the balloon. The Frenchman Henri Giffard<\/a> built a steam-powered airship in 1852. Development continued steadily in the following decade.<\/p>\n

They were elongated airships, a sort of envelope filled with hydrogen. Suspended from this was a long beam with a triangular, sail-like rudder at the rear and a platform for the pilot and steam engine underneath the beam. The steam engine drove a propeller. To prevent the engine from igniting the highly flammable gas in the balloon, the exhaust was redirected downwards through a pipe protruding from under the platform, and the area around the boiler’s firebox was surrounded by wire mesh.<\/p>\n

Here, Aeroscaphe La Belgique flies above the Parc de Bruxelles<\/em><\/a> in Brussels, with the Palace of the Nation<\/a> visible on the right.<\/p>\n

Price: Euro 875,-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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